Brian Babin: “I ran for Congress to take on and address the tough issues facing our Nation and the world and leave it a better place…”

“I ran for Congress to take on and address the tough issues facing our Nation and the world and leave it a better place for my grandchildren, which I will note climbed to number 16 with the arrival of Truett Ryan Babin just yesterday. When I say the tough issues, I mean the ones most of us would agree on: border security, immigration, taxes, trade, national security, and on and on. But when you take this job, you realize that working on behalf of your constituents as their elected Representative to the Federal Government can mean taking on issues that you weren't expecting to, and this is certainly one such case. But I am proud and honored to be here, and I thank the leaders from both sides of the aisle who have come together and worked with us to get H.R. 759, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act, passed favorably out of committee and here to the floor today. I am not in this fight because of a love for gaming. I am here because it is about fairness. It is about equal treatment under the law, jobs, and economic development and opportunity. With the exception of a few years in the military, I have lived in southeast Texas all of my life, and I have seen firsthand how these proud Native Americans have provided jobs and economic opportunity not only for members of their Tribe but for Texans throughout our entire region.…”